Re: adjusting DMSA dosages

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> Dear group,

> Can someone let me know how to measure DMSA? I purchased 100mg

> capsules and am wondering how others get their dosages to 12.5mg. I

> did my first three rounds of DMSA at 50mg, and it was obviously too

> much and caused some bladder discomfort.

> I have bought some empty size 1 capsules, but can only guess at

> dividing them into 1/8ths. Any advice at a more accurate method would

> be useful; otherwise I shall have to go on guessing. Yours thankfully

> .

>

It would be best to buy 25 mg caps and divide by two.

I divide 100 mg caps this way. Cut a piece of parchment paper, fold

it to make a crease, and mark lines on it 1 cm apart. Dump the powder

across the lines and spread evenly. 100/8 = 12.5 mg, so you need 8

spaces to divide 100 mg to 8 12.5 mg caps. Use a sharp knife to take

the powder from between the spaces and put it in new caps. I fill the

rest of the cap with ascorbic acid powder.

J

[Guest guest]

fyi. what was fast and worked for me (correct me if i'm wrong) is to

take a hand mirror and dump the 100mg dmsa capsule contents on the

mirror. got a single edged razor blade (hardware store) and divided

the pile in half. then i divided each of the two plies in half and so

on. if, with the razor blade, you " pull " the powder out into lines,

you can easily see, on the mirror, if they're even. a magnifying

mirror would probably work even better to highlight your work.

i don't bother to put the " lines " into capsules, i just put my clean

finger on one of the them and put it in my mouth. besides being easya

nd fast this technique has helped me with the bit of inflammation i

was initially getting when i took the dmsa swallwoed down whole as a

capsule as the majority of the dmsa powder dissolves into the mucous

membranes of my mouth -- similar to the idea of taking a sub-lingual

b-12 like tri-vita.

if this isn't an approved method, feel free to let me know.

it works great for me as i am at home most days. and, at night, it's

worked perfectly as i'd just pit the mirror next to my bed and, when

my little chime went off, i'd dab some up and into my mouth. it

doesn't taste too bad (especially compared to all the other stuff i've

had to ingest over the years) but i keep a glass of water there too..

for travel i put the lines into capsules as mentioned..

~robin